Attachment for corrugated sheets to frame structures.



.s. L. R Au: ATTACHMENT 0F CORRUGATED SHEETS T0 FRAME STRUCTURES.

APPLICATION HLED FEBLII. 1916.

wrrmgsszs ATTsCHMENT 035' SGRRUQH ATEIU El'TE'ElTS TO IfilMlzE lEE GTUR'ES.

To all whom jimmy comem: v beem' panelist; and Fig, an enlarged view it known that l, STANLEY l IRA el'iveh siding at Newllrighton, in "the emmfl oi In the several figui'es like numerals are Beaver end Slate of Pennsylvania, a citizen used lo designate the United States, have invented oi" dis .ijceording to she p"::liee oi my inveii 7 overed certain new and useful lmprovetion, in its preferred form, l; provide an at ments in Attachment of Corrugated Sheets zfieebii g means or clip consisting of a. strip to Frame Structures, of which improve of metal bendable lo ez'lgag'e two flanges oi nents the followin i a specification; a Pllflll}. 01 been Slfll'li firmly holding 10 is far; as actual praeiioe iseOnQem-ed, e rivet the top of the plllllll, the rivet corrugated sheet metal is usually attached being provided, ob a distance from its base,

to its supporting members, snob as rooi pm:- With shoulde for snp imtiiig a'iidge of lins or floor beams b cleiieb. nails extend a ooi'iuo'ated she l,

gs may be as soil:- n or Cili'lfafllfillfil'l, ill; being 0" b they be bendable lo beam flanges, and of suliocient to wilzhsiand the dislodging forces in genetics be subsequently applied M As shown herein such strips con '15 a motels-imp is, The rivets which I log through. the sheets arid belie lo on W56 the poi-line or beams after the soeebs have been laid, or by straps or clips also riveted or bolted to the sheets afier they 21% in place- In botheases is is necessary to incur the expense of a suitable scell'oldiiig op plate b? form beneath the sheets to supports 'Worloman for effectingthe I at sachmeii'ts All 51511 though the actual practice is described, employ preferably have their outer shank am aware that various forms of clips have POHIOHS El 01? smells! diamebez' than the been. suggested which are adapted to be ab l Wer polfilioii ll, end ss'the messing planes 2? t h d t the supporting members before of the w sl'zanlr: LOIMOHS shouideis 4 are Si) 1 the sheets are laid, and to which the sheets edshank may subseouently be nveted by workmen on a. im. 1811 versions 3 are preferfiali'tliai-she distance of the the top ofthe sheets, the supporting meml I fl m "he base the rivets is bei's serving to buck-up the rivets, Ens such subsaanlially equal to the depth the cor clips have yz'oven unsatisfactory; lissls, be- 1 cause of their manufacturing cost; and lim eflmding a supondly, and the most important reason, he n or holdcause they do not preventa roof from rah straps 1 are preferably filing during Wind storms, or a roof or floor provided with holes 5 of substantially file o5 fro1'n becomingdisplaced by Wind or other same diameter as the shank portions 3, and forces acting in various directions the bases of the rivets are provided with The object of my invention is To provide lateially-projocbing Henge l3 l fhen the roof a simple and inexpensive slleei; attaching purlins are channels, such as illuslrabed in means fol the purpose described, which may 1, am 8, "the holes 5 are punched. be secured to the supporting members bethrough the strap at such point as to leave fore the sheets are laid thereon, and to which short 'end 1 to be bent around the upper the sheets may be attached solely by a work" flanges 7 of the channels, and. longer.po1- .man on top of the sheets, and which will lions 1 to'extend along the back and around hold the sheets firmly against displacement the lower channel flanges 8, 45 by forces seizing in any direction. In case the sheets are to be aittaehed to I- the accompanying sheet of drawings, beams, the holes may be punched at the Wlilfil'l forms part oi my specification, 1 center of the straps, which are of sulficient have illustraxled my invention as applied to length to head around the oppositely di meeellic roofs Figure 1 is a transverse 7osed flanges of the beams, as clearly shown Ell section of portion of a roof; Fig. 2 an enin Fig. 4. A 5 :larged sectional. ieW of a single puilln In laying the roofing the purlins are first shoiiving a sheet attached thereto; Fig. a provided, at proper intervals, with the clips, longitudinal sectional View to enlarged scale that is, the straps and rivets The sheets, bakes on she line lll lll', Fig. 1 5 Fig. ll When in place, may rest directly on the rivet a view similar to bod; showingan shoulders l, or, as shown herein, softmetel 7x10 tend ng Washers 9 may be placed on such shoulders. Assuming that the Washers have been placed, the sheets may then be laid on the rivets and punctured to permit the shank portions 2 to project through them. A second lot of soft metal Washers 10 may then be placed around the projecting ends of the rivets, and the rivets upset to clamp the plates between the Washers and firmly against the rivet ledges; and, as will be seen, the upper faces of the purlins or beams afl'ord substantial supports for the rivets While being upset.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a metallic frame structure, the. combination of flanged sheet-supporting members, elongate strips of bendable metal each engaging one of said members, and each provided with a hole, rivets having their bases abutting against said members and extending through such holes, said rivets being provided 3 at their bases With laterally exfianges and with transversely disposed shoulders at a distance from the bases, and corrugated metal sheets supported at their ridges by said rivet shoulders and en gaged by the upset outer ends of the rivets.

'2. In a metallic roof construction, the

I combination of flanged purlins, elongate strips of bendable sheet metal each engaging two flanges oi a purlin,. and each provided memes of soft metal Washers. I a

3.111 a metallic root construction,- the combination of flanged purlins, elongate strips of bendable metal each. engaging two flanges of a p lrlin, and each provided With a hole, rivets resting on the top flanges of the 'purlins and extending through such holes, said rivets being provided at their bases with laterally extending-flanges and} With transversely disposed shoulders at a distance from the bases; and corrugated metal sheets supported at their ridges by said. rivet shoulders and engaged by the upset outerends of the rivets.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

v STANLEY L. RAU. V fitnesses: u I

PAUL N. CRrroHLow,

,FRANGIS ToMAssoN;

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